Re: FAQ copyright violation

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Fred Burke (fburke@ccnet.com)
Fri, 26 Jul 1996 10:53:16 -0700 (PDT)


On Fri, 26 Jul 1996, Debbie Douglass wrote:

> I need some advice from the experience FAQ authors on this list.
> I continually find sections of the Highlander FAQ (which I
> authored and maintain), without attributions or copyright
> statements, on Web pages across the Internet. Does anyone have
> suggestions as to what can be done to deter this practice?
>
> My FAQ has a copyright statement forbidding such usage.

I've found that the easiest thing to do is:
1) congratulate them on their nice page
2) point out that the FAQ is copyrighted by you
3) ask them to add your copyright notice to their page.

Fred Burke

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